The way to Scrooge's office presently lies through the graveyard that wraps around the historic Old Kirk in Kirkcaldy, where the National Theatre of Scotland is reviving the vivid, pungent version of Dickens's A Christmas Carol that made such a memorable impression last year.
Is some shade of Marley lurking among the tombs? Or has the ground disgorged the gibbering, capering forms who pounce on us as we reach the office door, demanding: "Ticket! Ticket! Ticket!" and chivvying us into their chosen place for us.
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